I mean, it would be nice to blood some youngsters, but then again it's just going to be a tedious grind against a team playing 10 electricians behind the ball, so hardly the greatest of learning experiences.

The fact that it might not be the best team, in a game they'll almost certainly win, against such poor opposition, with no pressure, and less hyperbole given who they're playing, etc, etc, sort of makes for better football.

I find it a lot less harder to care about, say, three days of talk about Wayne Rooney followed by a 0-1 win for England's strongest XI away on an Eastern European cabbage patch. At least when it's the kids against some binmen at home you can sort of forget it's England a bit, you don't get that choice with the big games and seniors.

Problem with the San Marinos of this world is they don't collapse or 'go for it' at any time. If they get beat 3-0 it'd probably be their best result of all time so they never give up, but never giving up doesn't involve trying to score or pass the ball to each other.

is Denmark's key qualifier in the Czech Republic. Bendtner given a 6 month ban from the international team after being caught drink driving recently in Copenhagen. He'll probably be injured til the end of the season anyway so that 6 months is probably more like 3.

Cornelius will lead the attack in Bendtner's absence. Stokholm is likely to start alongside Zimling given that Kvist is banned for one game.

Don't understand that at all. Brighton are already a bigger club, in a nicer part of the world, with better fans, who he seemed to have a genuine bond with, and it's only a matter of time before they're promoted.